Good Evening,
It has been brought to my attention that for the past several hundred years all norwegian men have at some point served in the army.
With the help of the people from the www.arkivverket.no my great grandfather's records have been found (Olav Knutsson Rysstad born: 1877)
My lineage goes back to 1500s. I've been curious to know what rank or role my ancestors would have had.
My question is the following ..... https://media.digitalarkivet.no/en/db/contents/32845 would this be the correct place to be looking?
My ancestors all seemed to live in the Setesdal area (Rysstad, Helle, Uppstad, Nomeland). So would it make sense for them to have been a part of the Vesterlenske infaneriregiment?
Just curious if the following great grandfathers would be on the army lists listed in the link i provided above.
Most men would have served between the ages 19-22?
Knut Tarjeisson Helle - born: 1827
Tarjei Knutsson Uppstad - born: 1781
Knut Tarjeisson Uppstad - born: 1745
Tarjei Svenkesson Uppstad - born: 1704
Svenke Olsson Nomeland - born: 1670-1678 (exact date unknown)
Olav Knutsson Nomeland - born: 1644
Knut Nilsson Nomeland - born: 1600
Nils Mikkelsson - born: 1570
Thanks for your help